Roy Roberts v. Michael Bowersox

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT _____________ No. 96-3789EM _____________ Roy Roberts, * * Appellant, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the Eastern * District of Missouri. Michael Bowersox, * * Appellee. * _____________ Submitted: December 8, 1997 Filed: March 3, 1998 _____________ Before FAGG, BEAM, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges. _____________ FAGG, Circuit Judge. During a Missouri prison riot, inmate Roy Roberts restrained an unarmed guard and fended off would-be rescuers while two other inmates, Robert Driscoll and Rodney Carr,…